"FOCUS photo l.a. has been an incredible ride. Between seeing my piece exhibited at the fair to working with FOCUS photo l.a. and Fine Art Solutions in LA and Switzerland, I couldn't have been more grateful and exhilarated by the experience. All I can suggest for future applicants is to just apply! There's no other award available like this nor a community of people that are as supportive and invested in young artists' careers."
Arden Ellis Surdam, FOCUS photo l.a. Grand Prize Winner Summer 2015
Swim Mom (2013) x Lisa Gizara
Panamanian Kids (2019) x Peter Gluck
Hitchhiker Bee (2021) x Janine Autolitano
Driving Miss Daisy (2021) x Alon Goldsmith
I’m afraid when I die, I’ll be stuck in the house (2023) x Angela Casagrande
Constant Presence (2021) x Debe Arlook
Window (2017) x Dineke Versluis
Losing Our Minds (2020) x Eddy Verloes
The Voyeur (2022) x Elizabeth Bailey
Elsewhere (2021) x Francisco Gonzalez Camacho
Plastic Wave #6 (2022) x Hugh Kretschmer
Living in Hiding - Pottery Kiln (2023) x Kelly Fogel
Pipeline Alaska x Laurent Girard
Saguaro’s Mexican Food (2019) x Marshall Williams
The Breath (2023) x Patricia Fortlage
Topanga Beach #52 (2023) x Rainer Hosch
Island/Tunnel (2022) x Rusty Weston
Wajood-e-Zan (2023) x Simrah Farrukh
Travel Dream (2023) x Valerie Y O Kim
Expired Palms #1 (2022) x Wayne Swanson
8 Captures of 2 Coyotes, 2-Hour Interval, Abandoned Endless Chain Mine, Patagonia Mts, AZ (2020) x Alex Turner
Facial Unrecognition (2017) x Brandy Trigueros
Negative #17-003-03 (2017) x Philip Augustin
The Human Cares. Direction Sign (2020) x Alexej Sachov
"SHE" (2020) x Ariana McLaughlin
Pool (Self-Portrait) (2019) x Christine Mooijer
Zen at Sea (2020) x Eddy Verloes
Untitled x elmo tide
The Missing Piece (2020) x Eric Davidove
Until There Is Little Left (2021) x Heather Evans Smith
Red Room (2021) x Jill Beaton
Dayle (2019) x Kasia Trojak
In the Garden at Chislehurst #6792 (2020) x Laurie Freitag
A Rose is a Rose is a Rose (2020) x Margeaux Walter
Trona Pinnacles (2017) x Michael Kirchoff
Thomas at Skate Park (2019) x Paul Bliese
Carving Landscapes (2020) x Roberta Mangini Glisson
Arches of Heaven (2018) x Sandra Cattaneo Adorno
Clearing (2017) x Shane Dignum
Untitled (Land/Earth) (2018) x Ville Kansanen
BARBED WIRE FENCES AT THE BORDER (202O) BY ADA TRILLO
PROUD AS I AM (2019) BY LEAH NORWOOD
GALLEON, BURMA (2013) BY MONICA DENEVAN
THE LAST MASTERS OF XINGPING (2015) BY ANDREA PERUZZI
HOLDING MISSILE, PEENEMÜNDE (1940/2019) BY BARBARA DIENER
JOAQUIM (2019) BY CAESAR LIMA
TUS CALLES MIENTRAS DORMÍAS / YOUR STREETS WHILE YOU SLEPT (2020) BY CLAUDIA RUIZ GUSTAFSON
UNTITLED / MATADOR (2017) BY DANIEL GONÇALVES
SKID ROW (2020) BY DANIEL ROTHENBERG
COLORFUL HEAD (2019) BY FRANCE LECLERC
ABANDONED JAGUAR (2019) BY GARY BEEBER
REBIRTH (2015) BY HANNAH MEIER
DISCARDED DREAMS (2017) BY JANET MILHOMME
WISHING I HAD A SPRINGTIME FANCY CAKE (2020) BY LISA GUERRIERO
CHARLOTTE (2019) BY MICHELE ZOUSMER
WEST WALL NO. 1 (2018) BY NORM DIAMOND
RED BALLS IN THE AIR (2019) BY PATTY CARROLL
COUNTERPUBLIC (2019) BY ROBYN DAY
FORK, SPOON & KNIFE (2020) BY ROLAND WILHELM
COCKTAIL HOUR (2020) BY RUSTY WESTON
GOING TO THE FAIR (2018) BY JAMIE JOHNSON
HAZE IN BROWN - SHORE III (2019) BY HELENE KOCH
ONE MORNING IN MADAGASCAR (2019) BY VALERIE LANEY
SEA OF POSSIBILITIES (2019) BY ANABELA PINTO
KIDS, BOURJ HAMMOUD DISTRICT (2017) BY ARA OSHAGAN
A VANILLA SHAKE AND THE CHECK PLEASE (2019) BY ARNAUD MONTAGARD
MONUMENT VALLEY AND MAN (2018) BY DAN FORSYTH
EMERGING WAYS OF BEING (2019) BY DEBE ARLOOK
CITY LIGHTS (2019) BY DOTAN SAGUY
SHATTERED (2019) BY ELLEN FRIEDLANDER
ENDEMIC TREASURES 5 BY FRED BRASHEAR JR.
HIDDEN GEM (2019) BY HIERONYMUS GRABSTEIN
HOME BY J. WESLEY BROWN
IMAGE OF STRUCTURE, FORM 4 (2016) BY JOSHUA SARINANA
HEARTHSTONE (2019) BY MARIAN CROSTIC
JUVENILE PASSION ON BUS (2011) BY MICHAEL RABABY
ABANDONED ELDERLY BULGARIA 2 (2019) BY MICHELE ZOUSMER
URBAN PARADISE (2019) BY NATHALIE SEAVER
SUFFRAGETTES MILLENNIAL REBEL EMMELINE PANHURST (2018) BY NICOLAS LABORIE
JESSE, ESTER & SAMUEL IN FIEDLER, PA (2018) BY VIKTOR HUBNER
GRAND PRIZE WINNER SUMMER 2019
AMERICAN BOMB CRATER IN JUNGLE, WOTJE ISLAND, WOTJE ATOLL, MARSHALL ISLANDS BY MATTHEW ARNOLD
FIRST RUNNER-UP SUMMER 2019
LONE WOLF BY TRACY CHANDLER
SECOND RUNNER-UP SUMMER 2019
INCEPTION 2 BY SHENYI WANG
THE GREEN ROOM BY ANDREA TORREI
FOUR WEEKS HAVE PASSED SINCE I LEFT BY ANGELA CASAGRANDE
HANDS ON THE DOOR BY BRIAN OTIENO
PARALLEL WORLD, NEVADA BY CODY COBB
MINIMAL HOUSING COMPLEX BY DANIEL HEILIG
NO. 1, FROM THE SERIES ‘CAREFREE BLACK GIRLS’ BY FAITH COUCH
ROADSIDE MOTEL 01 BY FANG TONG
AUTUMN MIST BY FRANG DUSHAJ
OLYMPIA’S FUTURE BY J. MICHAEL LORCH
BARN #2 BY JAMES COOPER
I WILL NOT GIVE UP ON MY DREAMS BY JAMIE JOHNSON
CANDY-LIFEGUARD-ORANGE BY KARINEH GURJIAN
BOLEX PAILLARD H8 REFLEX BY KENT KRUGH
BOYS - IRISH TRAVELLERS BY MICHELE ZOUSMER
UNTITLED BY PATRICK ZELIS
CALDER’S LAWN PARTY BY REED HEARNE
SEA OF TIRES BY SAGI ROITFARB
GRAND PRIZE WINNER WINTER 2018
“GEISHA“ FROM FUGUE STATE SERIES BY ALINE SMITHSON
FIRST RUNNER-UP WINTER 2018
“SECRET MESSAGE“ BY RICHARD S. CHOW
SECOND RUNNER-UP WINTER 2018
“VALENTINE’S DAY“ FROM DUOS DE OAXACA SERIES BY SALLY ANN FIELD
“L.A. RIVER #10“ BY ALBERTO MESIRCA
“CIRCLES“ BY AVE PILDAS
“HOUSE ON THE HILL“ BY BOB AVAKIAN
“PRESENT TENSE“ BY CHARLES VOLKENS
“GREAT BLUE COURTSHIP“ BY CHERYL MEDOW
“PROGRESS“ BY ERIN TENGQUIST
“KITTENS, CIGARETTES, AND GUCCI“ BY JAMIE JOHNSON
“PINETOP PERKINS“ BY JEROME BRUNET
“HAVANA, CUBA“ BY KASIA TROJAK
“MURSI WOMEN“ BY KELLY FOGEL
“THE COFFEE SHOP“ BY LARRY BROWNSTEIN
“LOOKING WEST 19“ BY M. ROBERT MARKOVICH
“GOLDEN“ BY MARCELA ANGELES
“HAY BALE“ BY MICHAEL KNAPSTEIN
“ROUND PEG“ BY REED HEARNE
“MID-CITY, LOS ANGELES“ BY SINZIANA VELICESCU
“WINDOW REFLECTIONS AND CLOUDS“ BY STEPHANIE SYDNEY
GRAND PRIZE WINNER SUMMER 2018
“THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING“ BY IRVIN RIVERA
FIRST RUNNER-UP SUMMER 2018
“GUN AND ROSES“ BY PATTY CARROLL
SECOND RUNNER-UP SUMMER 2018
“IN FLIGHT“ BY ENRIQUE LANDGRAVE
“MALL SHADOWS“ BY AVE PILDAS
“THE ROHINGYA REFUGEE CRISIS“ BY BENJAMIN HASELBERGER
“PRE-EXECUTION MUGSHOT MARKERS, DEATH ROW, PENITENTIARY OF NEW MEXICO“ BY BRETT LEIGH DICKS
“EXIT/VOID“ BY DAN LOPEZ
“DRIVER“ BY DENNIS KEELEY
“IN A CAMEL FRAMEWORK, MARKAZI REFUGEE CAMP, DJIBOUTI“ BY EDUARDO LOPEZ MORENO
“GREEDY HEDONISTIC“ BY FREDERIC ARANDA
“UNTITLED“ BY JEFFERSON LANKFORD
“NOSEBLEED“ BY JILL HANNES
“BLUEPRINT SEVEN-GARBALIAUSKA’S“ BY JOANA P. CARDOZO
“SPIDER MONKEY (ATELES GEOFFROYL)“ BY LENNETTE NEWELL
“PHOTO OF LUC“ BY LISA MCCORD
“UNTITLED“ BY LIZ BRETZ
“CARNIVAL, GREENPORT, NY“ BY LLOYD ZIFF
“AFTER SELF-PORTRAIT“ BY MAKOTO KUBO
“EAST HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES“ BY SINZIANA VELICESCU
“ABORTION OF THE PAST, NOT THE FUTURE“ BY VANESSA FILLEY
GRAND PRIZE WINNER WINTER 2017
“HALLUCINATION No. 13” BY J. FREDRIC MAY
FIRST RUNNER-UP WINTER 2017”
“FORM” BY IRVIN RIVERA
SECOND RUNNER-UP WINTER 2017
“IRISH TRAVELLERS“ BY JAMIE JOHNSON
“ARCHES NATIONAL PARK” BY ALAN KUPCHICK
“UNTITLED“ BY ALEXANDRA NAUMOVA
“RISING SON“ BY ALI LEROI
“GREEN RAINBOW PALM TREE“ BY ANDREW K. THOMPSON
“FAMILY ALBUM” BY DIANA VELASCO
“THE INVISIBLE WALL“ BY ELISABETH CAREN
“HORSE ON THE BEACH #12“ BY JIM MCKINNISS
“EYES ON SUNSET, MARGAUX HEMINGWAY“ BY JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD
“IN PINK“ BY KARLEY SULLIVAN
“A HUMID DAY“ BY LISA MCCORD
“THANK YOU FOR THE FLOWERS“ BY MICHAELA KINDLE
“SHIFT“ BY MOLLY MCCALL
“SUNDAY“ BY OLE MARIUS JOERGENSEN
“MY MOTHER’S 60TH BIRTHDAY PORTRAIT“ BY PAT MARTIN
“BOOKED“ BY PATTY CARROLL
“AMERICAN DREAMER, CODY, WY“ BY RICHARD KNAPP
“SAUGUS CAFE“ BY STEPHEN SCHAFER
GRAND PRIZE WINNER SUMMER 2017
“PORTUGUESE MATADOR“ BY DANIEL GONCALVES
“8“ BY IZAAC ENCISO
“CHINATOWN FLYING CARPET“ BY DAN LOPEZ
“URBAN BASKETBALL COURT“ BY AGUSTIN GONZALEZ GARZA
“ROUND TABLE“ BY ANGE ONG
“UNTITLED“ BY CARLOS JARAMILLO
“INDIO“ BY CODY COBB
“MEASURE ME TWICE, CUT ME ONCE“ DEEPANJAN MUKHOPADHYAY
“ROSS BUILDING“ BY JESSICA THALMANN
“MIRANDA IN YUCCA VALLEY” BY JILL HANNES
“CONEY III” BY LANDON SPEERS
“UNTITLED“ BY JUDITH STENNEKEN
“OMNIPOTENT BY “ROBERT CALAFIORE
“THE GREATEST INVENTION OF ALL” BY OLE MANUS JOERGENSEN
“GAIL AND TOBIAS” BY PAT MARTIN
“COOKING THE GOOSE“ BY PATTY CARROLL
“A SINGLE ILLUMINATED WINDOW - MEXICO CITY” BY ROWAN IBBEKEN
“COMPOSITE #1 - AFGHANISTAN” BY SEAN FOULKES
“COMMERCE, CA“ BY SINZIANA VELICESCU
“BERRY PIES” BY STEPHEN RADER
GRAND PRIZE WINNER WINTER 2016
"PORTRAIT OF MIA" BY MICHAEL CHEN
FIRST RUNNER-UP WINTER 2016
"GLASS MOUNTAINS" BY ODED BALILTY
SECOND RUNNER-UP WINTER 2016
"CATCH ME WHEN THE SKY FALLS" BY TRICIA GAHAGAN
"IAM14" BY BENEDICTE VANDERREYDT
"QUEEN B" BY BOJANA NOVAKOVIC
"4" BY ARIANNE CLEMENT
"CINEFOIL" BY CHRISTINE ATKINSON
"ANGELES #10" BY CHRISTOPHER MCMAHON
"CREATIVE DESTRUCTION No. 7" BY DOUG FOGELSON
"DRAWING A LINE" BY DAWN AVELINE
"IMPRESSION, SUNSET" BY DIMO DIMOV
"UNTITLED" BY ISABELLE ANDERSON
"FANTASY 4" BY LANA SOKOLOFF
"THE PARTY" BY MATHIEU HUBERT
"THE LEAPING PLACE #17" BY MATT SHALLENBERGER
"BREAKFAST ON SPRING STREET" BY NICOLA DILL
"IT’S A MESS WITHOUT YOU! - CINCO, CA" BY OSCEOLA REFETOFF
"THEODORA" BY SADAF CAMERON
"SOCCER TEAM - MONGOLIA" BY SEBASTIAN SPADER
"DOMESTIC CONNECTING #003" BY TIMOTHY HILLIER